Signs of dyslexia in young, preschool children include talking later than expected, a slowness to add new words, difficulty rhyming and trouble following multi-step directions.
After a child begins school, the signs of dyslexia include:
.Difficulty reading single words, such as a word on a flashcard.
. Difficulty learning the connection between letters and sounds.
. Confusing small words, such as at and to.
. Letter reversals, such as d for b. (oh no!)
. Word revesals, such as tip for pit.
Having one of this signs does not mean your child has dyslexia; many children reverse letters before the age of 7. (ok thanks!)
But, if several signs exist and reading problems persist, or if you have a family history of dyslexia, you may want to have your child evaluated.

How is dyslexia diagnosed?
Doctors do not diagnosed dyslexia with a single test. Rather, your doctor looks at your child’s memory history, reviews your observations and those of teachers, and ask your child questions.
Reading tests and other types of assessments may also be done to help your doctor find out more about your child’s skills. For example, tests may include those that focus on your child’s personality traits, learning style, language and problem-solving skills nd intelligence quotient (IQ).
Dyslexia is diagnosed only after it is clear that your child does not have another problem that could cause him or her to struggle with with reading, such as as a condition that affects cognitive development.

How is dyslexia treated?
There are several ways to treat dyslexia, all of which envolve educational tools. Medications and counseling are not used to treat dyslexia. In the United States, federal law requires that schools develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for children with dyslexia. The child’s parents, pediatrician, teachers and other health professionals will all have input in the development of this pan. The plan offers intense, individualized education to retrain the way the mind process sounds within words. The plan is revised each year based on the child’s progress and individual needs.

On not being able to read

TOM CRUISE

WHOOPI GOLDBERG

SALMA HAYEK

ALBERT EINSTEIN

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Tom Cruise, actor: Like his mother, Tom suffered from dyslexia and was put into the remedial classes at school. He is right handed when writing, but does most things left handed.

Whoopi Goldberg, actress: She was an adult when she finally learned she had dyslexia. When Whoopi was growing up, she remembers being called dumb and stupid because she had a lot of problems reading.

Salma Hayek, actress: After the release of the movie “Frida”, was asked by a London journalist, “What was the toughest part of your performance?” Hayek answered “There was one day when I could not say the line right. I’m dyslexic and I was tired. That was the scene we had the most trouble with…”

Albert Einstein, scientist: According to his son, Hans Albert Einstein, “My fahter told me that his teachers reported that..he was mentally slow, unsociable and adriff forever in his foolish dreams.”

Leonardo Da Vinci, Renaissance artist: Strong evidence in Da Vinci’s manuscript and letters corroborated the diagnosis of dyslexia. It appears that backwards, from right to left, in a mirror image. This is a trait shared by many people. In addition to the handwriting, the spelling errors in his manuscripts and journals demonstrated dyslexia-like language difficulties.

Harry Belafonte, singer, entertainer: “I grew up in a school system…where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies, I was constantly being physically abused because the whipping of students was permitted.”

Cher, entertainer, actress: “I never read in school. I got really bad grades–D’s and F’s and C’s in some classes, and A’s and B’s in other classes. In the second week of the 11th grade, I just quit. When I was in school, it was really difficult. Almost everything I learned, I had to learn by listening. My report cards always said that I was not living up t my potential.”

Agatha Christie, English mystery writer: “I, myself, was always recognized…as the ‘slow one’ in the family. it was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was…an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.”

Winston Churchill, former prime minister of Britain: “I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the begginning of the race.”

Magic Johnson, basketball legend: “The looks, the stares, the giggles…I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.”

George Patton, U.S general: According to his biographer Martin Blumenson, “Young George…although he was bright and intelligent and bursting with energy, he was unable to read and write. Patton’s wife corrected his spelling, his punctuation and his grammar.”

William Yeats, poet: “My fahter was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head.”

I was worried about my kids might have this kind of disorder. They are hyper although you can stop them after a while back to being hyper again. They don’t have concentration with lots of things. They are told not to do such thing but as if as they don’t hear me. And so I research about it.

In the past, children whose reading skills lagged far behind their peers were cruelly called “bobo” (stupid). They often refused to participate in class and were rebuked by parents and teachers for being stubborn and not trying hard enough. Today, modern science and education have discovered that these children actually have a reading disability called “dyslexia.”
Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions about dyslexia from Medical Encyclopedia.

What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a common learning disability that hinders the development of reading skills. Reading is not a natural human act; it has to be learned. Having dyslexia does not mean that you and your child are below average in intelligence. However, not being able to read fluently or quickly can make many areas of learning more challenging.
Other names for dyslexia are specific reading disability, reading disorder and reading disability.
Reading is a complex cognitive process. Children learn to read by translating, or “decoding,” the sounds within words (phonemes) into words. For example, the word “bat” has three phonemes, the b, a, and t sounds. The combination of these sounds creates the word bat. As a child begins to recognize familiar words, reading becomes automatic.
For children with dyslexia, reading is a different matter–they have problems translating the phonemes and therefore have difficulties learning to read and spell. They may have problems recalling phonemes and words from the memory, making reading slow and inaccurate. This disability often leads to poor memory of spoken and written words.
Children with dyslexia also may have difficulties with pronouncing words, handwriting planning and organization.
What causes dyslexia?
The cause of dyslexia in not clear, but since it runs in families, it is probably an inherited (genetic) disorder. Some studies have shown abnormalities in the functioning of the areas of the brain involved with language, visual processing, attention and organizing.
Dyslexia is not caused by poor vision, and people with dyslexia do not see backward. Nor is dyslexia a result of lack of motivation to learn to read–it results from an interference with the brain’s ability to process the sounds in words (phonemes).